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How America captured a German submarine right before D-Day
Task & Purpose· 5 days agoThe concept of capturing a German submarine was hatched after a Navy hunter-killer team named the ...
Scuba-Diving Bikini Atoll Uncovers Many Layers Of Rich WWII History
Forbes· 6 days agoThe vessels were formidable WWII battlewagons. The Saratoga, for example, was a launching point for...
What's in a name? The historic figures and educators behind Leon County school names
Tallahassee Democrat via Yahoo News· 22 hours agoHis staff considered him a "war hero" as he served in the Navy during World War II and spent four...
Letter to the editor: Still very much my hero
McComb Enterprise-Journal· 3 days agoI just read an article in the newspaper about a young man from McComb who fought and died in the first phase of World War II. His troop was at Guadalcanal when they were involved in a deadly exchange with a Japanese detachment.
Wright Museum to host special talk on WWII war correspondent
New Hampshire Union Leader· 4 days agoAs a World War II newspaper correspondent, B.J. McQuaid covered American and British front lines...
The first American on the beach at D-Day served through the Vietnam War
WE ARE THE MIGHTY via Yahoo News· 4 days agoOn the night of June 5, 1944, Capt. Schroeder was out of the hospital and boarding the USS Barnett...
Taylor Swift is ready for her history to be rewritten - EconoTimes
EconoTimes· 6 days agoTaylor Swift is famous for writing her life (and, most notoriously, her ex-boyfriends) into her...
Before D-Day troops crossed English Channel, some trained on Chesapeake Bay
Baltimore Sun via Yahoo News· 5 days agoBefore crossing the English Channel on D-Day 80 years ago this week, some in history’s largest...
Ukraine’s D-Day: How will our decisions be viewed 80 years from now?
The Hill· 4 days agoEighty years ago today, our nation faced an inflection point on the beaches of Normandy. Could we...
Opinion | D-Day in Modern Memory
The Wall Street Journal· 4 days agoThe sacrifices of that fateful day are what is required when deterrence fails.